Mechanical movement



' J.. F. OCONNOR.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION man JUN; 3o, 192|.

l Patented Feb; l28, v1922.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN r. ofcoNNoR, or CHICAGO, Iriniirors', Assrenoa 'ro wrnrraiu n. Minne, or

- cHAZY, New YORK.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

To all fr/20m t may concern.'

e it known that I, Jol-IN F. OCoNNoR,

a citizen of the .United'Stated residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a .certain new and useful Improvement in Mechanical Movements, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the :accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

lhis invention relates to improvements in mechanical movement. K

The object/of `the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient mechanism for exerting high pressure when desired, as for instance, in hand power presses, paper cutters and other devices.

In the drawing forming part of this speci- `ication, I have 'illustrated one useful embodiment of the mechanical movement, the

embodiment being shown in a hand power press. In said drawing Fig. 1 is an elevational view of such a power press. Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1 but taken thereto. And Fig. -3 is'a horizontal sectional view 'corresponding substantially to the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

In said drawing, A denotes a support or standard; Bl a reciprocating plunger; C a gear; D arack bar link; and E an operating lever.

The standard or support A is formed at the bottomv thereof with a widened flange with suitable perforated lugs 11.-11 by which it may bebolted or screwed in fixed position on a table or other member. `F rom the base flange 10 extends upwardly a post or leg 12 which is suitablyT cored as indicated at`13 tov provide a substantially U-cross section. At the upper endk of: the' post 12, the same ishorked so to provide two wings 1li-dfi. In each of said wings V14k is stormed an 'elongated opening or-recess 15 having one plane edge 16, a rack 'edge 17 and rounded' ends .1B-18. The edges 16 and 17 extend atk a comparatively acute angle with, respect to the vertical or line of reciprocation of the plunger B, for the purposes hereinafter described.4 p

The plunger :B has a cylindrical shank 19 carrying at the'lower end thereof a plate 20 for a'ny desired purpose. Said shank 19 is guided in its vertical sliding movement in a suitable bearing 21 preferably formed at right anglesv obvious.

'handle are apertured to accommodatethe geark C Patented Feb. es, 1922.

Application led June 1921. Serial No. 481,554.V

integral with the support A. At its upper end, the'shank 19 is forked as indicated at 22-22 and has pivotally connected thereto as by the pin 28, the lower end of the rack link D.

' Mounted in the recesses 15 are the Vends of the gear C. rJ'Che latter preferably has longitudinally extending teeth 2d-2fl around slightly more than haii of the periphery thereof, the remaining portion of the periphery of the gear orthe pinion being cylindrical as indicated at 25. The teeth are adapted to mesh with the teeth oi" the racks 17, as clearly appears from the drawing. Y

The shank of the rack link D is preferably rectangular as best indicated at 26 in Fig. 3, said shank having a straight rack 27 along its inner face, said rackv27 meshing with the teeth 240i the gear C at the center of the latter.v

The link D is slidingly mountedwithin a housingdesignated generally by the reference F. Said housing has an outer straight wall 28,'parallelside walls 29-29, the latter having circular extensions SBO- 30, united by an inner c'rossweb `31. Said extensions 30 are cut away so las to allow the passage of the gear C therethrough and the connecting weblv fits over the gear C as best shown in Fig In this manner, the housing may be said to be loosely rotatably mounted with respect to the gear C, and the two will travel'in unison, vas will be Furthermore, by' this arrangement, the rack 27 is always maintained in engagement with the gear Cv and cannot become disengaged therefrom.

'A lever E, as shown, comprisesy two side arms 32-32 united at the top by a cross TheV lower ends of the arms 32 therein as shown in Fig. 3. in order to rotate the gear C in unison with movement oli' the lever E, the gear is rigidly secured to the lever Ens-by set-screws The positionof the parts as shown by the full lines in Fig. l, is that obtainingk when the plunger B is in its uppermost position. To depress the plunger B and thereby apply the desired pressure to whatever may be beneath it, the lever E is pulled or rotated in the direction Vindicated by the arrow that is, counter clockwise. As thev lever E is pulled in a counter clockwise direction, it

is evident that the gear 'C will be compelled to travel upwardly along the racks 17-17. Simultaneously therewith, the rack 27' ot the link D will be iorced downwardly with respect to the housing F. In view ot the fact that the gear C, in its bodily upward inovement` does not move in a path directly parallei to the line ot movement ot the plunger B. said gear C will have a component ojl' travel in a horizontal direction depending upon the angle ot the recesses 15, witli,.i'e spect to the vertical. Consequently the link I) will be iorced downwardly with respect to the housing l", and the axis ot the gear C at one rate and at the same time the gear C i carrying the housing F with it will travel vertically at a slightly slower speed and the net advance of the link D and plunger B in a vertically downward direction will correspond to the dilierence between said two speeds. At the end ot the actuating movement of the lever E, the gear C willv be at the upper end ot the recesses 15 and the plunger B will have been depressed the desired amount. Y

Assuming a certain torce applied to vthe outer end of the lever E, this torcewill be multiplied in the first instance, in accordance with the ratio of the length ot said lever from the center ot the gear C to the radius ot the gear C. Thislast torce is again multiplied in accordance with thel ratio oi:l the vertical movement of the gear C to the horizontal movement thereof or displacement trom a true vertical path ot movement. By varying the slope of the recesses 15, it is evident that the last named ratio can be changed as Vdesired to obtain greater or less pressure on the plunger I5. The more nearly the recesses 15 approach a vertical position, the less the horizontal displacement ot the gear C during this rotation, the less thenet downward movement iinparted to the link D and `plunger. B and the greater the leverage ratio as will be understood.

By placing the racks 17 on the sides ot the recesses nearest the rack 27, the gear C is compelled to travel upwardly when the lever E is pulled downwardly, which facilitates the operation. f

I have herein shown only one embodiment of the invention and its application to a practical use. The same is by way of illus tration only and not by way ot limitation. All changes and modifications are contemplated that conie within the scope ot the claims appended hereto.

I claim: l

1. In a mechanicalmovement, the combination with a reciprocating element tor transmitting force; of a support having a stationary rack extending angularly with respect to the line of reciprocation of said element; a link pivotally connected to said incassa gear in mesh'with both of said racks; av

housing in which said link is slidably mounted and in which said gear is journaled; and means tor rotating said gear.

3. In a mechanical vkmovement, the combination with ya supportihaving a recess therein, one side of said recess being provided with a rack; ot a travelling gear extending within saidrecessand inV mesh with said rack; meansfor rotating said gear; a housing loosely journaled on said gear; and a member slidably mounted in said4 housing,

said member having a rack onone face there Y of in mesh with said` gear;

4:. In a mechanical movement, the combinationV with a support extending in a generally vertical direction, said support having a vertical guide near the bottom thereof and provided near the top thereof with a recess; extendingi'at an angle to the vertical, one side of said recess being provided with a rack; of a vvertical reciprocating element cooperable with saidguide; a gear extending within said recess and in meshi with said rack; a link pivotally connected to the upperv end of Vsaid element, said link having a straight rack also in mesh with said gear,l

both oi said racks engaging said-gear on the same side of the latten@ f f 5. In a mechanical movement, the combination with a support extending ina gener` ally vertical direction, said support having a vertical guide near the bottom thereof` and provided'near the top' thereof with a recess extending at an angle to the vertical, one

side'of said recessbeing provided with a rack; of afvertical reciprocating element co-V operable'with saidv guide; a gear extending within said recess and in mesh with said rack galink pivotally connected tothe upper end ot said element, said link having'a straight rack also inniesh with said gear,

bothot said racks engaging'said gear on the same side of the latter; anda housing in whichqsaid link is slidably mounted, said housing being journaled onsaid gear and adapted to travel bodily with the latter.

, 6.Iii a mechanical movement, the combination with a support having a verticallyy extending arm, said arm at thetop thereof being provided with arecess extending at an angle'to the vertical, one side otsaidrecess being formed to provide a rack; of a ressur-e transmitting element vertically slidJ Y ablyV mounted onsaid support; a link pivotally attached to said element, said link having a rack extending along one face thereof; a gear extending Within said recess and meshing with the rack edge thereof and also With the rack of the link, both engagements of said gear with the racks being on the same side of the gear; a housing in which said link is slidahly mounted, said housing having portions thereof in which said gear is rotatably mounted, saidy housing travelling with the gear; and means for rotating said gear. Y

7. In a mechanical movement, the combination With a standard having a hase and an upstanding arm, the upper end of the arm being forked to provide two laterally separated Wings, said wings being provided With alined recesses extending in a direction at an angle to the vertical, corresponding edges of said recesses having teeth to define a rack; a gear journaled at its ends in said recesses and coopera-ble with said racks; a plunger vertically `slidably mounted on said standard; a link end of said plunger, said link having a rack `face engaging with said gear between said wings; a housing in which said link is slidahly mounted, said housing having portions thereol.2 encircling said gear thereby adaptino the housing to travel with the gear; and means for rotating said gear.

In Witness that IV claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 24th day o'l' J une 1921. 1

' JOHN F, OCON N OR. lVitnesses CARRIE GAILING, ANN BAKER.

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